Woman sues IVF clinic after she birthed another couple’s baby

• Krystena Murray is facing a lawsuit in Georgia state court, alleging she unknowingly and unwillingly carried a child not biologically related to her, which she discovered after giving birth.

• Murray’s shocking discovery led to him giving custody of the baby to his biological parents five months later, exacerbated her trauma.

• Murray, a Savannah wedding photographer, utilized Coastal Fertility Specialists’ in vitro fertilization clinics to conceive and raise a child.

A 38-year-old woman has initiated legal action against an IVF clinic after being implanted with the incorrect embryo, which led to her giving birth to another family’s child.

The lawsuit, submitted on February 18 in a Georgia state court, claims that Krystena Murray “unknowingly and unwillingly carried a child through pregnancy who was not biologically related to her,” a fact she discovered only after delivering the baby boy.

The complaint further states that following this distressing revelation, Murray was compelled to relinquish custody of the child to his biological parents five months later, exacerbating her emotional trauma.

Murray, a wedding photographer residing in Savannah, had opted to conceive and raise a child with the assistance of a sperm donor through Coastal Fertility Specialists, which operates IVF clinics in South Carolina and Georgia.

According to the lawsuit, Murray chose a sperm donor who bore a resemblance to her: the donor was white, with dirty blond hair and blue eyes.

In 2023, Coastal Fertility transferred an embryo to Murray, but upon giving birth in December of that year, she immediately sensed that something was amiss, as the infant she delivered was a “dark-skinned, African American baby.”

During a news conference on Tuesday, Murray expressed her immediate fear that the baby would be taken from her.

The lawsuit indicates that she felt it necessary to inform the clinic, leading her attorney to notify Coastal Fertility Specialists in February 2024.

The clinic subsequently identified and reached out to the biological parents of the child, who are not named in the lawsuit.

They confirmed through their own DNA testing that the child was indeed theirs and subsequently filed for custody, as detailed in the legal complaint.

Murray voluntarily surrendered the baby to his biological parents in court on a profoundly painful day.

She is now pursuing a lawsuit against the clinic for negligence, among other claims, and is seeking damages as well as a jury trial.